… aspect of gender equality. The amount of time spent in paidwork, rest and recreation, or caring for others has knock-on effects on … a person’s life. This includes their health. The burden of unpaid care is increasingly regarded as a determinant of …
… of economic independence remaining far lower than men’s, and the feminisation of poverty is a serious concern for the … interlinked. Motherhood and the unequal distribution of unpaid childcare between women and men make it harder for women to commit more time to paidwork (EIGE, 2019e). The overall share of women in …
… 2020a). They are reflected in lower levels of employment and higher levels of underemployment for women, as well as in … norms, including leaving jobs or substantially reducing paidwork time to meet care needs. This has consequences for … as never before, the crucial links between paidandunpaidwork, and between the economic and health spheres. …
… The social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis threaten to roll … and that greater equality is achieved in both paidandunpaidwork. Workers in the care sector, who are mostly women …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour market, according to a … for Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequalities in the labour market. The bulk of … by women, and this hinders their access to employment. The paid care sector has a large share of women employees who are …
… Professions and pay The perception that women and men have different … gap , as fields dominated by men tend to be more highly paid than those dominated by women. Even when women are … and informal expectations around who is responsible for unpaid care work . Although around 77 % of men aged 20–49 are …
… linked to beliefs around the fundamental nature of women and men and the roles they should play in society. Sexist … certain sectors of the economy, primarily responsible for unpaid care work, paid less than men and disproportionately subject to …
… long-term care will increase, given the ageing population and increasing life expectancy across the EU (EIGE, 2020e; … of care recipients, but even more for caregivers. Caring (paid or unpaid) for an old person takes a considerable toll on the …
… Despite recent policy actions at EU and Member State levels, the gender pay gap persists. In … underpaid and undervalued. Both women and men are well paid in ICT but the gender pay gap persists Attracting women … The ILO (2018c) study accounts for both the paidandunpaidwork that underpins platform work: searching for …
… use of mobile devices, digitalisation of working processes and online communication allow more flexibility in where and … burden of household work, despite also being in paidwork (see Chapter 5, ‘Domain of time’). The rest of this … by blurred boundaries between leisure time andunpaid care, with phenomena such as contamination (leisure …
… closely related processes: increased flexibility of workand the emergence of new forms of work. Increases in work … is often the only option for people to combine substantial unpaid care responsibilities (primarily taken on by women) with paid employment, and because it can encompass those who …
… work centres on the increased use of digital technologies and their capacity to replace or complement workers in an … 2017, p. 7). This does not, however, mean that women are paid equally to men in these jobs. The fact that women have, … debates about more balanced distribution of paidandunpaidwork among women and men (Howcroft and Rubery, 2018; …
… become a basis for global competitiveness, boosting jobs and growth. Digital societies require digital competencies if … digital skills open opportunities for access to well-paid jobs for which there is significant demand in the … their existing professional networks, the burden of unpaid care or domestic responsibilities may prevent them …
… acknowledged as essential to enable people to reconcile paidworkand care responsibilities. This is particularly true for … still expected to shoulder a disproportionate amount of unpaid care work, including housework, care for children, and …
… advancing at a slow pace in the EU in both the short term and the long term (Figure 4). On average, the Index score for … be at increased risk of losing jobs because of additional unpaid care responsibilities resulting from closures of … care workers in health services. Another example of a low-paid, female-dominated occupation that became essential …
… 2018 was 67.9 points, just 0.5 points higher than in 2017 and 4.1 points higher than in 2010. Sweden, Denmark, France … employment may also be disproportionately affected by the unpaid care responsibilities resulting from childcare and … flexible or informal forms of employment are better paid, formalised and covered by social protection. It will …